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to chunk

to chunk

1 3.9
To group similar things together into larger units
  • verb
  • /tʃʌŋk/
translation icon : agrupar
  • You can have more, as long as you group and chunk.

You used to be able to chunk your address book together into fifty person broadcast lists on WhatsApp.

Examples

  • What feels overwhelming before we begin is chunked into shorter, attainable goals.

    Blog text (9)
  • Depending on how much content you are covering, you may need to chunk some of the topics or ideas together.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Do you see how we chunk things together?

  • We also tend to chunk information into groups that have 3 to 4 items in them.

    Blog text (26)
  • Chunking information is one more strategy.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The teaching procedures are "chunked" into sections for the number of class periods allotted for the unit.

    Academic text (2010)
  • This allowed the data to be chunked into themes and provided an organizational framework.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Clearly labeled diagrams, including lists, tables, charts, or graphs, can help to chunk information.

    Academic text (2015)
  • To recall musical passages that contain more than nine notes, individual notes must be grouped, or "chunked," according to meter, harmony, and rhythmic patterning.

    Academic text (2006)
  • We need to chunk the data into manageable sections for better analysis.

Synonyms

to lump
vsto chunk
61 6.1

To put different people or things together as if they are the same

focuses on organizing into larger units rather than ignoring differences
to bucket
vsto chunk
6.0

To put things into groups to study them

is about grouping into larger units or sections rather than formal categories
to conglomerate
vsto chunk
6.3

To gather different things into one group

organizes items into larger units or sections rather than merging them into one mass

Antonyms

187 2.8

To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order

104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

How Combined

to chunk
1 3.9
to group
38 1.2
to collect
499 1.1
to gather
1.0

Surface Forms

chunk infinitive
chunked past
chunked past participle
chunking present participle
chunks third person singular

Etymology

Chunk as a verb comes from the noun idea of a 'chunk' — a big piece — so to chunk things is to group items together into a larger unit. That is why teachers or analysts 'chunk' ideas to make them easier to handle.